Northwestern University Jazz Ensemble: The Music of Sonny Rollins
When:
Tuesday, February 18, 2025
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM CT
Where: Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Center for the Musical Arts, Galvin Recital Hall, 70 Arts Circle, Evanston, IL 60208 map it
Audience: Faculty/Staff - Student - Public - Post Docs/Docs - Graduate Students
Cost: Tickets are $8 for the general public and $5 for students with valid ID.
Contact:
Concert Management Office
(847) 467-4000
Group: Bienen School of Music Concerts and Events
Category: Fine Arts
Description:
Darius Hampton, conductor
Tenor saxophonist, composer, and bandleader Sonny Rollins is widely considered one of the most influential musicians in jazz and a pioneer of hard bop. Many of his compositions, including “St. Thomas,” “Oleo,” “Doxy,” and “Airegin” have become jazz standards. Over the course of his seven-decade career, he has performed and recorded with the likes of Bud Powell, Fats Navarro, Miles Davis, Charlie Parker, and Thelonious Monk. He has received a National Medal of Arts and the Jazz Foundation of America’s lifetime achievement award, as well as multiple Grammy Awards. Join the Northwestern University Jazz Ensemble as they celebrate Rollins’ music.
Sonny Rollins (arr. Mike Tomaro), Pent-Up House
Sonny Rollins (arr. Mark Taylor), Doxy
Sonny Rollins (arr. Mike Tomaro), Airegin
Sonny Rollins (arr. Mark Taylor), Oleo
Sonny Rollins (arr. Mark Taylor), St. Thomas
Sonny Rollins (arr. Mark Taylor), Tenor Madness
Sonny Rollins (arr. Darius Hampton), Valse Hot
Sonny Rollins (arr. Oliver Nelson), He’s Younger Than You Are
Sonny Rollins (arr. Oliver Nelson), Alfie’s Theme